peritoneal carcinomatosis
MONDO:0700336Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names peritoneal carcinomatosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cancer in which a carcinoma, usually of the digestive tract or female reproductive organs, has spread extensively throughout the peritoneum and causes tumors to grow on the peritoneum. Peritoneal carcinomatosis can happen in many types of cancer, but it is most common in people with cancers of the ovary, colon, rectum, stomach, pancreas, or appendix.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0700336), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: peritoneal carcinomatosis
- Also called
- abdominal carcinomatosiscarcinomatosis of the peritoneum